"...And it will cause all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, to have a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and it will bring about that no one may buy or sell, except him who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of its name..."
'...And the first went and poured his bowl over the earth, and a sore and grievous wound was made upon the men who have the mark of the beast, and upon those who worshipped its image. "
Not usually one to throw about Bible verses, but your comment struck an eeire parallel.